This year, Christmas Day falls on a Sunday. Are you planning on taking your family to church this Christmas Day?
For those who have been eternally blessed by the greatest Christmas Gift ever given, here are a few questions to prayerfully consider in light of Christmas Sunday. PLEASE PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER THESE!
- The reason for the season: When we cancel church services on Christmas Sunday or choose to stay home, are we, as Christians showing that JESUS is truly the REASON for the SEASON? What then are we showing is most important about Christmas?
In the gospel of Matthew we read, “And she [Mary] shall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call His name JESUS: for He shall save His people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21). The reason for this season is the gift of the Gospel—the Good News of salvation to those who place their faith and trust in this “Jesus,” the One who saves people from the penalty of their sin.
- The value we are placing: What are we showing that we value? How do we show that we value our Savior when we cancel Christmas Sunday service or choose to stay home on the day we claim to celebrate His birth? What value are we placing on Christ?
The value of Christ is spiritual life to those who place their faith in His perfect sacrifice on their behalf. Attending Christmas Sunday service then is a bold statement to an observing world that Christ is supreme over all that is precious to us.
- The message we are sending: What message are we sending to our children and unsaved family members when we choose to stay home instead of going to church just because Christmas falls on a Sunday?
When the message of Christmas is, Christ putting on flesh, dwelling among us in order to one day be our PERFECT SACRIFICE, shouldn’t we take this opportunity to celebrate this message with our church family and also invite others who normally don’t attend church to hear this life-changing message so they can receive the greatest Gift ever given?
- The love we are showing: The message of Christmas is the message of God’s amazing love for us displayed through His sacrifice.
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son [Jesus], that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
“Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation [the atoning sacrifice] for our sins” (1 John 4:10).
We display what we love through what we are willing to sacrifice. What love are we displaying when we cancel Christmas Sunday or choose to stay home?
Making a sacrifice to go to church to celebrate the birth of our Savior shows the importance that we place upon the first advent of Christ and the purpose for which He came to this earth. It is a way of displaying our love for Christ. After all, our gift of eternal life is the precious gift of the Son. Shouldn’t we show Him how much we love Him?
I want to urge you to consider attending a Bible-believing church this Christmas Sunday and celebrate the birth of the greatest Gift ever given—God’s greatest Gift, the gift of His Son.
